Pokemon birthday party ideas – decorations
Decorating for a Pokemon (or Pokemon Go) party is not a one-size-fit all thing. Costumes make a great party decoration, as do paper, party printables and dollar store balloons. If you’re not into going overboard on your kids’ party, pick a few details that speak to you to make your Pokemon Party special and run with them!
It looks like I did a ton for this party. But I didn’t. I picked a few things that were big visual stand outs, but inexpensive, to fill up my space. This is really easy for you to accomplish as well.
Starting at the front door–I love greeting guest with a sign. This is a printable I hung with a little ribbon, and dangled some paper Pokeballs from.
I’ll get into the food we had at the party in a moment, but I wanted to show and tell about my party backdrop first! It’s made of three packages of crepe paper. I used the basic idea in this tutorial to make them. It was a pretty quick project, and made a great back drop with not a lot of work.
Best bang for your buck at a party? Balloons. I visited my local dollar store and bought $25 worth of mylar balloons to decorate. Small effort, small investment, big party fun. And you can hand them to kids on the way out the door as an extra party favor. Balloons quickly make a party feel more festive.
Another way I use balloons is as floor cover. I’ve done this for practically every party my kids have ever had. They are colorful on the floor, look great in pictures, and the kids have a great time playing with them.
The tables the kids sat down on to eat were also an easy thing. Again, a group of balloons (I did spring for a Pikachu mylar balloon) and some neat table settings. Those party printables I keep talking about were printed, punched, and used on the napkin rings and as place card settings.
CreateURPlate was gracious enough to send these awesome personalized Pokemon plates for the party. You can do this yourself by uploading your own graphic or using one of theirs for a custom party look. See how easy they are in this quick YouTube video.
Don’t want to get custom stuff made? Way cheaper way is to go pick up a pack of Pokemon plates. Still awesome and totally easy.
Pokemon birthday parties are the perfect excuse to put on a costume.
I nixed a bounce house for this party. In concession the birthday boy was allowed to dress up, which worked out great because costumes at a birthday work as their own living decor running around the party. My son HAD to be Ash. If you’re only dropping into Pokemon lore as a result of Pokemon GO, you might not be familiar with Ash as he’s from the Pokemon cartoons. (Go check your Netflix for some reference.)
Brennan’s outfit was easy easy easy. No serious craft project, just three things:
- Pokemon hat (buy it here ~ less than $7/free shipping)
- Green gloves–just cut the fingers off (buy them here)
- Blue t-shirt
The plush Pikachu we already had, it was a Christmas gift, but if you’re hunting for one, you can buy Pikachu here like I did.
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At this party, mom did take birthday requests. Like making mom and Pokemon-loving Uncle Sean dress up like Team Rocket. That’s Jesse and James you see in this picture, also from the cartoon. As easy as this was to put together, it was a big hit with all the kids! You can find the wigs here and here. I ironed vinyl onto white t-shirts for the “R”s and it it was enough for the costume. Again, we were decorations that walked around and made the party feel FUN!
Other options for Pokemon Party ideas for decor that I love if you don’t DIY:
- Hanging Honeycomb Pokeballs (buy them here)
- Pokemon Tableware pack (buy it here)
- Small Pokeballs (buy them here)
- Pokemon and Pikachu backdrop (buy it here)
- Pokemon latex balloons (buy them here)
It’s time to feed all our Pokemon trainers–see our affordable Pokemon Party menu on the next page!
Great job! Thank you for the very gracious shout out. Always love helping and working with you! B looks like he had a fabulous time. ***you look fab in pink hair!
Love all the DIY ideas. Great party! At the end, all that really matters is that the kiddos HAVE FUN and the simplest things make then sooo happy!
What a wonderful party! I love the simplicity of the cake with the paper topper and tail. I also love the Peeps turned Pikachu – I just saw that idea on pinterest the other day and thought it was ingenious.
Spectacular, as always! I absolutely LOVE the way you did the cupcake toppers on the wires. Such a fun, original twist on printable cupcake toppers! It has a completely different look and feel.
The last picture is priceless!!! It really looks like an awesome party!!
I love Pokémon fans! Amei ver garotos tão jovens gostando tanto de Pokémon, assim como eu, que já tenho 37 anos rsrsrs abraços!
I really loved the visual organisation of your party. Thank you for some great ideas. I hope my sons party looks as great as yours! Just wondering if you were happy to share the intelligence gathering exercise page. (Pokemon puzzlers – training exercise 1). I thought it would be a great activity while children were arriving. Thanks.
WOW, I love everything about your sons party. We are planning my sons 6th Pokemon Party. I hope it comes out as fabulous as yours did! We are having a water slide jumper and we have a pool. Thank you for the awesome ideas.
Would you be willing to share your stations?
Looks Great! Would you be willing to share the printable for your Pokemon Trainer Door Sign? Thanks.
HI, i love the certificate, however i couldnt find a blank printable copy ..did you say you were sharing yours? could you please send a link? Our party is tomorrow and I thought it had a link otherwise I wouldve asked sooner! lol
Hi Jazmin–you can find the certificate for sale in my Etsy shop here https://www.etsy.com/listing/265780131/pokemon-inspired-printable-trainer?ref=shop_home_active_8
Could I get a copy of the Certificate to print?
Certianly, Bonnie! You can find it here in my shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/265780131/pokemon-inspired-printable-trainer?ref=shop_home_active_8
Hi there! I just bought your package on Etsy. So great! Wondering what the little Pokemon circles are for (called kiss stickers)? Also, I’d love to know what “Beat Team Rocket” consisted of? Thanks!
After this party you have to be the coolest mom on the block. I love how you separated the details into a separate page, it is so easy to read that way. Your time and budget friendly tips are easily adaptable to any party and this was so much fun to read, thank you!
Guys who of you play Pokemon GO? Amazing game, yesterday i
caught rare pokemon Hitmonlee using pokebusterbot !
No ban so far, still using it. You should too.
Amazing party!
Interesting activities, wherefrom did you get them?
Did you prepare invitations for your guests?
Yes, there were invitations, and my good friend Natalie from Southern Belle’s Charm helped with the games.
Hello Paula! Thanks a lot for respond.
I am curious enough how did you do the invitation cards?
Thank you so much for your post!! I’m planning my son’s 9th birthday party and your ideas are wonderful! May I ask where did you find the Team Rocket poster for the Nerf Gun game? I did not see it listed in your etsy shop. Thanks!!